Rail-joint.



GIUSEPPE FABRIZI, OF PITTSBURGH, iPENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 11 1912.

' Application filed February 3, 1912. Serial No. 675,249. I

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, GIUsErrE Fmmzr, subjectof the King of Italy, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegh'eny'and State of- Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-; v

in position, they will tend to bind against Joints of which the'following is a specification, reference being had to thecaccompanying drawings. I -This invention relates to new and usefu improvements in rail joints and has for its object to provide a rail joint whereby the meeting ends of two railsare effectually connected together without the use of the customary bolts, the necessity for forming bolt holes in the ends of the rails being thus Y obviated and the cost of construction of the track being reduced to a minimum. I Another object of the invention is to provide a cushioning member formed the same shape as the rails and disposed between the meeting ends of the rails to take the wear off of the ends of the rails.

Another object of the invention is to' provide a rail joint which will possess advantages in points of elliciency and durability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and I which,

operation. I I

NVith the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the 'claims, and shown in the accompanying (ll'tfWlIlgS,.1I1

Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is a.

top plan view showing one of the fish plates removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line'33.of Fig. 1; and-Fig. 4 is a sectional view onthe line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the draw-. ings, the numerals 1 and 2 indicate the. meeting ends of two rails. A chair 3 is provided to receive the meeting ends 1 and 2 and adapted to rest upon the cross ties and is rigidly secured to said ties, in'any suitable manner. The chair 3 is provided with the side walls .4-havingdon itudinalgrooves 5 formed in their inner aces adapted to receivethe lateral-1y extending base flanges 6 formed on the fish plates 7. These side; walls 4 are made tapering toward one end,

each wall. tapering in the opposite direction from the other so that when the tapering flanges 6 of the fish plates7 are placed the rails and prevent any relative-lateral movement of the same, said flanges and plates beingheld securely in place by means of spikes driven through the recesses 8 into Recesses 9 are formed in the will be little or no wear on the ends of the rails, thus prolonging the life of the same.

- Then these members 11 become worn, they can easily and quickly be replaced by .removing the fish plates 7.

It will be seen from the above that Ihave provided a simple and ellicient rail joint I without the customary bolts and also pro vided means whereby the frictional wear of the ends of' th e rails is reduced toa minimum.

NVhile Iliave shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of 'construction,a11d-in the proportions may be 'resortedto for successfully carrylng my invention into practice-without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope thereof.

Having thus described .this -1nvent1on, what is claimed 1s metal than the rails if so desired that there Incombination with the meeting ends of 1 two rails, of a chair adapted to receive the flanges of said rails, fish plates arranged parallel with said rails one upon each side thereof, having laterally extending base flanges formed thereon, and side Walls formed on said-chair, having longitudinalgrooves formed in their inner faces to receive the flanges on said fish plates, a cushioning member arranged between the inner ends of said rails, said slde Walls having recesses formed therein, flanges formed and disposed in on said cushioning member said-recessesto prevent longltudlnal movement of said member.

GIUSEPPE FABRIZI. WVitnesses I r JOHN GALLAGHER, J. T. CONROY; 

